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A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 2 Moral (or Author) Rights In the UK copyright holders have moral rights (in the US they dont) –Right of attribution: The author has the right to be identified as the author of the work –Right to integrity: Author has the right to object to derogatory treatment of the work –To invoke this right, the author must prove prejudice or damage to honour or reputation –Do you defend or not? – tricky one! Example: Tony Christie and Peter Kay – Is this the way to Amarillo, covered by UK Army in Iraq Moral rights can be waived

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A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 3 Non-commercial? What does non-commercial mean? What about educational materials? Is the public domain free? Can people make money if they use CC licences? Issues with collecting societies Is CC compatible with collecting societies membership

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A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 4 Educational Resources Can Creative Commons licences, or their equivalent, be deployed at project,service or institutional level by organisations within the Common Information Environment? Creative Commons Licensing Solutions for the Common Information Environment Study –Intrallect –AHRC Research Centre for Studies in IP and IT Law Rights Holders Workshops Preliminary Report - recommendations http://www.intrallect.com/cie-study/

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A centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk 5 Irrevocable? What if I change my mind in the future? What does irrevocable mean? Will the licences hold up in court?